#DDEC6A#DDEC6A
#DDEC6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.155 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #DDEC6A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(221, 236, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 77%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 55%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 55.1%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.05, -22.50, 60.22) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(90.05, 64.29, 110.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.64% -0.0655 0.1402) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.64% 0.155 115) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.4169, 76.4046, 25.0923) |
| Luminance | 0.7640 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 5.15
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 5.18
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 5.46
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 5.57
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 5.59
Butter
#FFFF81
ΔE00 5.63
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#DDEC6A #796AEC
analogous
#ECBA6A #DDEC6A #9CEC6A
triadic
#DDEC6A #6ADDEC #EC6ADD
tetradic
#DDEC6A #6AECBA #796AEC #EC6A9C
square
#DDEC6A #6AECBA #796AEC #EC6A9C
split-complementary
#DDEC6A #6A9CEC #BA6AEC
monochromatic
#AFC319 #D1E534 #DDEC6A #E9F3A0 #F6FAD7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.29
#DDEC6A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.28
#DDEC6A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #DDEC6A
16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##DDEC6A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##DDEC6A | 1.00 | 1.29 | 16.28 | 16.28 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FBE15D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE472
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E9E0CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E2E2E2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ddec6a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.155 115.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eaf299',
500: '#ddec6a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ddec6a; $custom-light: #eaf299; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ddec6a",
"rgb": {
"r": 221,
"g": 236,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.923,
"s": 77.381,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90641,
"c": 0.15473,
"h": 115
},
"luminance": 0.76404
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#DDEC6A
secondary
#4939C1
accent
#0CDA24
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF5
border
#D6D6CF
text
#16160E
muted
#85857F